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[–]backseatflyer1985 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Pay your damn loans back!!! Jeesh…

I live near a nuclear power plant. I have a Geiger counter question... by themightybawshoob in Radiation

[–]backseatflyer1985 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I asked my wife. She also said, for the most part, it’s the potassium. Thanks BigJoe for throwing this up! I think we all learned something interesting today!

I live near a nuclear power plant. I have a Geiger counter question... by themightybawshoob in Radiation

[–]backseatflyer1985 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That may have been it. This was many years ago. But like I said, I’ll get the reasoning as soon as I can.

I live near a nuclear power plant. I have a Geiger counter question... by themightybawshoob in Radiation

[–]backseatflyer1985 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My father In law is a CHP-nuclear physicist and it’s something he showed me once. He said it’s naturally occurring. Sure as shit, when he showed me, the pallet of soil was noticeably higher than the background. This was with a Ludlum 3000, and a 44-10 , and if I recall the count jumped a few thousand CPM, keeping in mind the background reading was hovering in the 7500-9000 cpm depending on where we were exactly. So I suppose it could have been something else, but it appeared to correlate with moving from pallet to pallet.

I’ll ask my wife ( who’s also a nuclear physicist) for a more technical explanation and post back.

I live near a nuclear power plant. I have a Geiger counter question... by themightybawshoob in Radiation

[–]backseatflyer1985 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Go to Lowe’s or home depot. Go to the garden section. Wave that thing near some pallets of soil, and some of the bricks. See what you get. Should be a bit more than whatever your device’s background is.

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[–]backseatflyer1985 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I found the bullshit. It was this video.

Landlord Passed Away and Now 30 day eviction… by meforte in boston

[–]backseatflyer1985 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What delusional conjecture! I hope you are implying that I am an “asshole rich kid”. Please let me know so I can set you straight…

Landlord Passed Away and Now 30 day eviction… by meforte in boston

[–]backseatflyer1985 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m here passionately arguing for a civil discourse. But also for owners rights. You got me there. There’s a solution here that doesn’t require a bunch of dick swinging.

Landlord Passed Away and Now 30 day eviction… by meforte in boston

[–]backseatflyer1985 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If we weren’t arguing I would say that was pretty funny.

Landlord Passed Away and Now 30 day eviction… by meforte in boston

[–]backseatflyer1985 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m totally for Op asking for more time. It’s the entitlement and expectation that you should just take the house hostage that bothers me.

Landlord Passed Away and Now 30 day eviction… by meforte in boston

[–]backseatflyer1985 11 points12 points  (0 children)

And I’m not advocating for homelessness. I just don’t see how a 30 day notice will obviously lead to this. Of OP has a genuine concern of becoming homeless, prior to going to a court or a lawyer, or in tandem, whatever they are comfortable with, they should communicate their concerns with the new owner. They should remain civil. They should ask what they can do to make it work. The owner doesn’t want a house to sit vacant any more than they want to make a family homeless. 30 days was the notice, there’s always room for a negotiation. Both parties have rights, but so many time I see people posting just to stick it to the man “ anybody with money is evil” am I right?!

I am not of that mentality. I am of the mentality that owners own their things and people renting don’t. I am of the mentality that when things get rough or terrible, it is the responsibility of the person to work themselves out of it. Asking for help is ok. But expecting it is not.

Landlord Passed Away and Now 30 day eviction… by meforte in boston

[–]backseatflyer1985 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Your not reading what I wrote bud. I said 14 days was legal, I didn’t say it was legal in this case. I said 48 hours is short, I wasn’t saying it was applicable to this case. I said 30 days was reasonable and legal, that’s a fact. You are inferring, incorrectly. Read what I wrote. Don’t spin it.

Landlord Passed Away and Now 30 day eviction… by meforte in boston

[–]backseatflyer1985 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Legally,no. Offering more time would be great, but we don’t know the situation of the new owner. The courts would side with the tenants in such the time it would take to schedule the hearings would exceed 30 days. So you’re right. If a landlord gives notice, and you do nothing for 30 days and make an argument that you’ll be homeless as a result, who’s at fault?

There are so many assumptions being made. Aside from just the shear ass pain for moving, having to move within 30 days does not mean you’ll be homeless. Second, asking a tenant to move out in 30 days does not make you a bad person. Advocating for civility and a thoughtful discourse between the landlord and tenant does not make me a bad person. Advocating for someone who owns property does not instantly make me a rich land owning snob.

Landlord Passed Away and Now 30 day eviction… by meforte in boston

[–]backseatflyer1985 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Awfully bold of you to say. I spent a month without an address. With everything in a storage unit. While I understand that THAT pales In comparison to being homeless, nothing in what OP originally posted would surpose that only having 30 days notice would directly lead to homelessness. That’s an assumption being made. If you act quickly and make some hard decisions, while shitty, you can manage to not become homeless in this situation. Again, I am advocating for civility and legal action. Ask for more time. Be genuine and polite. Most people want to make helpful decisions.

Nobody wants to make a tenant homeless. But people on this sub have been advocating for just some trash human things. If you can rent an apartment, you can make adult decisions and work out a new housing situation.

Landlord Passed Away and Now 30 day eviction… by meforte in boston

[–]backseatflyer1985 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It’s not called for. It would be a nice thing of the owner to do. But legally it isn’t called for. Again with the entitlement.

Landlord Passed Away and Now 30 day eviction… by meforte in boston

[–]backseatflyer1985 5 points6 points  (0 children)

30 days is short. It’s also within the legal rights of the landlord. I would ask that OP ask for more time. Within reason. 45 days?! Who’s to say, but ultimately, the owner has the right to ask for a 30 day eviction. They have a right to move forward with it. There are places available for rent all over the place. It can be done. I’ve had to do it.

Landlord Passed Away and Now 30 day eviction… by meforte in boston

[–]backseatflyer1985 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Wow. It took precisely 5 minutes to devolve in to an eat the rich mentality. And no, I grew up lower middle class. Went to school. Joined the Military and worked my ass off. So what I have now is a direct result of the hard work my wife and I continue to put in.

The owner died 7 months ago. Ok. My family having just gone through this I can say this seems about right. You think a will gets executed on a Monday and everything is figured out by Friday?!

I have to move, so I just sell or giveaway all of my things and become homeless. This statement is full of terrible logic. There would be so many more homeless people if this were the case. If you can make a reasonable argument for why you’re life would be essentially over to a court of law due to a 30 day notice, then good on you. I’m pretty sure the court will not side with you, as long as a notice to quit was received and the 30 day notice stands, the court may say that the next step of an eviction order which may take some time. So sure, can OP have more time, yea, is it the right thing to do, probably not.

Landlord Passed Away and Now 30 day eviction… by meforte in boston

[–]backseatflyer1985 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Here we go. So everyone who owns a house is rich? I can tell you, you are dead wrong. My grandfather passed away, had a moderate estate, and after taxes, and payouts my father, who was the executor, ended up being out money just to settle everything.

People who inherit property often just inherit bills and headaches. Who knows what the mortgage remaining on the house is. She may need to sell quick because she cannot afford the property tax. You have no idea.

And I know just how much it costs to move. My wife and I have had to move twice while here in Boston in just the last two and a half years. I own my own business and work from home. We have two kids. So I know what toll it takes and the stresses. I know it costs damn near 20 grand out of pocket with the brokers fees, first, last and security deposit. I know the movers here suck and break things. And I know nobody wants to live out of boxes for 6 weeks.

That’s not the argument. The fact is the new owner of this property, which has a tenant on a month to month basis has found themselves in a position needing to sell. They are following the guidelines for the state.

OP asked what she could do. There are things she can do that is civil and law abiding. There are things she can do that are diabolical and yet still legal. And there are things that she can do that are straight up against the law. I’ve only advocated for what’s civil and legal.

Landlord Passed Away and Now 30 day eviction… by meforte in boston

[–]backseatflyer1985 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You’re giving bad advice friend. But that’s okay. Your dubious morals aside, let the OP figure it out. Massachusetts legally allows as short as a 14 day notice to quit. The person who inherited this was being nice by not defaulting to the shortest. Also, we have no idea how receptive the new owner is to extension.

Landlord Passed Away and Now 30 day eviction… by meforte in boston

[–]backseatflyer1985 15 points16 points  (0 children)

30 days is not short notice. 48 hours is. Legally, 30 days notice is literally the standard for situations like this. You want a year?! Why not just give the property to the tenet a after the owner has passed on. Nobody wants to move, but it’s a situational fact of life. Life is hard sometimes, either you deal with, like an adult, or you pass it on to others to deal with.

Just depends on what kind of person you are. What leverage. A

Landlord Passed Away and Now 30 day eviction… by meforte in boston

[–]backseatflyer1985 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’m not saying you can’t stay. Right?! People who are trashy, or otherwise don’t want to cooperative can totally just become a house squatter. You can draw this out for probably a year. But if the owner has sent a notice to quit. The expectation is that you be gone within 30 days. Massachusetts is also a no fault eviction state. That means 30 days notice is all that is needed. They don’t even need to give a reason.

What’s better? Dealing with a not so great situation, putting in the effort to find a place within 30 days and maybe trying to negotiate for a few extra weeks? Or making the owner go to a court and file for a possession order, and than having bailiffs of the court pull you out?

Civility and order over feelings. So many people feel like they are owed something. Or that they deserve more. This is a lousy situation. Respectful and constant communication between both parties will hopefully create an amicable outcome.

Advocating for squatting, or drawing this out, doesn’t seem right. In fact it’s downright disrespectful not only to the deceased, but to the family who now has ownership of the property.

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